RDI present a faster way to learn the Quran
The Prophet Mohamed (PBUH) once said, "The best of you are those who learn it and teach it. With that in mind, Research and Development International (RDI) created a program…
Overnight trains: getting more than you bargained for
Tip your chair back, relax and get a few hours sleep dreaming of the temples and history that lie ahead. That was what I was hoping to do last Friday…
COFFEE TALK: The Street way
For a change I decided to take coffee talk to a new level. I spent this coffee talk session in a balady coffee shop in the heart of Mohandiseen."So who…
Although business environment improves, mindset is still a constraint
CAIRO: Essam Serry is an entrepreneur. A British educated Egyptian with masters degrees in computer science and education, he returned to Egypt several years ago in order to pursue several…
Euro-Arab Caravan returns with a feast of animations
Independent film production and distribution house Semat brings back the Caravan of the Euro-Arab Cinema to Alexandria after the big success of the last edition in April. This time round,…
A film, fairies and one exceptional shoemaker
More than any other Egyptian art form, the state of the theater has sharply divided critics and theatergoers alike. Apart from very few efforts, commercial theater - one of the…
WITH A GRAIN OF SALT: The The Humanity of Western Media!
I was extremely happy with the wide coverage the Western media - especially that of the US- gave to the plight of two Israeli families who were recently forced by…
What Syria learned from the war
If Syrians ever had any doubt about Hezbollah s military prowess, they were pleasantly surprised by its remarkable performance during its confrontation with Israel last summer. By holding out for…
The Healthier Poor
Life expectancy in the world's high-income countries is now 78 years, while it is only 51 years in the least-developed countries, and as low as 40 years in some AIDS-ridden…
Making peace work
Simply stated, the peace dividend theory holds that in times of peace, budgets and resources normally allocated for defense can be used to invest internally in housing, education, and other…